This week in history
This week in history
99 years ago in 1919:
The Warren Fire Department made a run to the property of the Brier Hill Steel Co., where the old house formerly used as a pest house, and as a former detention hospital by the city, was found to be in flames. Before a water connection could be secured, it burned to the ground. The house was located far from the fire plug and such a distance from the river that the force pumps were of no use. The flames started from a defective flue in the house and the roof was burning briskly before the family was given warning. A family residing there saved part of their household goods.
50 years ago in 1968:
Warren General Hospital Association was to observe its 10th anniversary with a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Town and County Motel, according to Frank W. Lewis, chairman of the board of trustees.
Guest speaker Richard Williams, a member of the speakers bureau of Republic Stell Corp., was expected to speak on “The Makings of a Politician.”
The hospital officially opened its doors Nov. 16, 1958, as a 42-bed institution. It had grown over 10 years to 116 beds, and a major expansion program was expected to bring the bed capacity to 200.
Approximately 100 persons were expected to attend the dinner meeting.
25 years ago in 1193:
The Air Force Reserve Station in Youngstown was expected to get eight new cargo planes as a bill approved by Congress announced a House-Senate compromise on a Pentagon spending bill. The approved bill directed the U.S. Air Force to provide the aircraft to the Air Force Reserve’s 910th Tactical Airlift Group, a move that would double the number of C-130H aircraft at the base, expanding the facility to a full wing and making it one of few bases in the country with 16 planes, U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Poland, said.
“I will continue to work in Congress to secure funding for additional personnel and infrastructure improvements at the Youngstown facility,” he said.
10 years ago in 2008:
A multi-pronged approach aimed at improving Warren’s neighborhoods was the topic of a discussion at the Warren Community Summit at Warren G. Harding High School.
“Everyone thinks their problems are confined to their neighborhoods, but it’s really vast and across the entire city,” said Sasha Parker, community organizer for Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People, one organization responsible for the event.
City records showed that more than 2,900 houses in Warren were vacant and abandoned.
Getting individuals involved through sharing ideas of how to get funding for small community improvement projects, foreclosure prevention and successful block watches were some remedies discussed.
— Compiled from Tribune Chronicle Archives by Emily Earnhart
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